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See, after Johnny, Tate, and Holly never searching their birth, I found it refreshing that at least one kid had the gumption to google themselves. Loving the new font and clean look of this thread. It is like someone came and wiped away all the cobwebs and it all fresh and new.

One other side note, because now I've re-read 1993-1994. I think that I found a ret-con issue. In 1993 after John finds out that Stefano is Kristen's father. It is not like I am claiming to have found nuclear fission, clearly mistakes happen. But, I found this to be amusing. In 1993, Stefano becomes deadly ill, so Kristen tells John that she needs to be by her father's side, but not to worry about the deadly disease, because she's adopted. Given, that I've always thought of Kristen as being adopted, until the more recent cannon that she is Stefano's biological child, it is interesting that in 1993, the week before Tony comes to town to announce that he is Kristen's fiancée. Kristen is saying that she can't give blood to her dying father, because she was adopted. So, the current reverse in cannon, neglects that detail. It is so funny to read this and then see Kristen and Tony in the crypt this week, 32 years later. That's more than half the show's history at this point, amazing.

I asked my soap historian GPT to help pull together the best available sources on Daniel Pilon’s run, and here’s what the research confirms: * Pilon played Max Dubujak on *Ryan’s Hope* from 1983–88. * He began appearing as Alan Spaulding on *Guiding Light* in 1988. * An academic source notes that he appeared as **Max and Alan simultaneously in November 1988 * His later-life interviews mention major upheavals, including losing his home in the Northridge earthquake and declaring bankruptcy in 1994. That’s the factual foundation. Now for the human side of it. I’ll admit Pilon was never my favorite Alan. The Spauldings are supposed to have that patrician, Midwestern money vibe, and suddenly here comes this very European-sounding gentleman sweeping into Springfield like he wandered in from a different soap entirely. It created a strange tonal shift, at least in my memory. Whether he was intended to be temporary is hard to pin down, but honestly, looking at what he was dealing with in his real life, I don’t know that the show ever had a truly stable window to figure it out. He was going through marital strife, while being talked about as the "next James Bond" back in Canada, and juggling work on two soaps at once is a lot. Under those circumstances, the question of whether he was the “right” type for Alan becomes almost secondary to the fact that he was working through multiple emergencies while stepping into one of GL’s biggest roles. So for me, the story of his Alan isn’t just about casting fit. It’s about an actor navigating chaos and the show adapting on the fly. Also, the proverbial soap hill that I would defend its honor, is that Ron Raines in the final week was so amazing, that for me, it erases all prior memories of his performance.

From TMZ, the Mia thing is a very trashy matter. She's accused of renting a furnished apartment. Then moved out in the middle of the night and took all the furniture and the TVs.

That's funny, I totally didn't think about the possibility that they'll pin this on someone else. I assumed they'd just roll him into the water. Obviously, I would not make an ideal hitman. I hope it's not Laura.

I went back to see how teen Sami even figured out how to sell a baby in 1993, and the recap is unintentionally hilarious. The exposition is so blunt it feels like the writers drafted it between bites of lunch. Suddenly there’s a teen mom named Karen who sold her baby through a shady lawyer, and somehow Sami just… knows this man and pays him with hospital volunteer money. You can tell they were trying to make the whole thing “plausible” enough, but also knew the baby wouldn’t be gone long enough to justify a real subplot. I know one thing, if Karen had confided in Jamie, Sami would've never met Steve Miller. Jamie knew that snitches get stitches. Not to be confused with the horrific Stephen Miller, who was 8 in 1993. AND Just to show the audience how shady Steve the lawyer could be, he was played by this guy -- Character actor Terry Wills was cast as creeps on every sitcom in the 1980s. I hope they used a doll if he had to handle baby Isabella. 🤞 Cut to John months later, "Roman, Marlena's mattress is like a bag of rocks. How did you ever get a good night's rest on that thing? No wonder, Doc told me you preferred your sleeping bag on the floor.."

Yeah, that's I mentioned the christening, when the truth comes out Reading October and November 1993, what is actually nuts is how much story they went through in a month. Because John's not even interested in Marlena at the time of Belle's birth. He is rebound lusting for Kristen, who delivered Belle (funny mention in SOD about Marlena being unable to service at the Horton cabin on her "cellular" phone, I assume there was heightened vigilance to the exposition covering the tech of the time). And, of course, since it was Kristen helping Marlena give birth during a stormy night, they both looked glossy, windswept, and gorgeous. Justice for Jamie, I bet she's still holding Sami's secrets wherever she is.

I gotta agree with Sami on this one. -- thanks @Franko for the source, that's a good find. I mean, not enough to sell the kid on the black market (pun intended) but.. At least it wasn't John who suggested it, that makes it cleaner. Roman had naming rights until the christening cleared up the paternity.

Just to confirm, Belle isn't named for Isabella Toscano, correct? It would be nuts for John to name his daughter after his dead wife, after he wound up with Marlena, right? For example, I would think it uncouth if Joe Biden named a child he had with Jill Biden, after his first wife Neilia, who died tragically. I was reading her wiki, when the thought came to mind. But, I also have a vague memory that Belle was named after Beauty and the Beast's Belle, or some other lore. And Rachel's named after Kristen's mother, so this seems wrong.

She appeared with Kelly and Mark earlier this month. It all began after she left AMC and joined CSI: Miami. What’s chilling is that one of his very first letters coincided with her scheduled appearance on Kelly and Regis, where her stalker demanded she mention him. She didn’t comply at the time. Yet, in a bitter twist, she later reflected that by speaking about her stalker on Kelly and Mark, she was doing exactly what he had wanted. And now, he’s already out of prison—after serving just three years.

I have to say that I was honestly surprised by the exit this week. With spoilers and casting news, it is tough to pull off an honest shocker, and this shooting actually made gasp out loud. I would bet many of you would enjoy it, if you watch it more regularly, I know that has been my experience this month.

If they bring back Connie, that kooky lady who kidnapped Melinda, or if Stephanie's stalker is a crazed fan, or if it is something based on her book, I may pluck an eyelash. I think the misdirect is that the stalker is after Alex, when they are really after Stephanie (unless it is Joy Wesley - that would be a surprise). But, defaulting to a nutty fan will give me Body & Soul flashbacks. Regardless of who is steering the ship, we can't keep going back to crazed fan well. Meanwhile, I'm getting ahead of myself, just a theory.

dayspeacock-20251119_134047-1098258959.mp4 At some point, Victor, you must blame yourself that both Caroline and Fiona didn't want him to know they bore his sons. But, looking back, I thought Bo would be richer as Victor's firstborn son than he turned out to be.

Not much to bitch about today, but Cat & Liam? Could be nice Horton Square is going to hell in a hand basket. First looting and errant pumpkins, now there's rampant purse snatching. Alice would be horrified. Meanwhile, Cat has the worst luck. Yesterday she got hit by a pumpkin, and today her wrist was injured. I hope she doesn't burn herself on the turkey next, it will ruin her nails, if she doesn't get accidentally pregnant from the turkey baster first.

Brittany Snow is on Las Cultch. She talks briefly about working with Hayden Panettiere and mentions that Laura-Bell Bundy "saved her ass", but no details. It sounds like being a kid on a New York soap was a wild time.